Playground Poker Spring Classic

Event 16 Champion: Michael Gabrial

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By the time the cashier closed to new registrations, there were 197 players ready to fight for the Champion’s trophy in Event 16 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net. Over the course of the next 8 hours play continued along, moving into high gear once the bubble burst – and by the time the final table arrived, there was a player down approximately every orbit – blinds were high and the average stack was short.

Heads up play lasted just one single hand. Michael Gabrial had built up a stack quite early in the tournament and managed to keep up the pace the whole way. Several times he stayed out of trouble because he was stuck between two larger stacks and took a calculated risk… but other times by exhibiting caution – perhaps too much on occasion.

Congratulations to the Champion!

Event 16 Champion: Michael Gabrial – $4,814

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2nd place: Presten Cloutier – $4,252

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Last hand of play

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Event 16 final results

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Event 16 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic was a $200 + $20 NL Hold’em 8-Max event that took place on May 4th, 2016 at Playground Poker Club. There were 197 players in the tournament which added up to a prize pool of $38,218.00. This was distributed according to the following table.

Note there was a player agreement made with 7 players remaining. They chose to reserve a small portion of the prize and the trophy for 1st place and distribute the remaining prize pool based on ICM Chop numbers. This deal is reflected in the following payout table.

Rank | PosFirst Name | PrénomLast Name | NomPrize | Bourse
1MichaelGabrial$4,814.00
2PrestenCloutier$4,252.00
3ManfredGunther$4,873.00
4YohannWagner$4,930.00
5MarcelloSimonetti$3,340.00
6MiguelGoncalo$4,611.00
7ChrisTatakis$3,248.00
8MarcLacroix$1,170.00
9AlecBrandstatter$880.00
10LeoMantas Ragusa$660.00
11YannickLabattaglia$660.00
12ChristianBarbeau$610.00
13DanielGrenier$610.00
14TomDanielidis$560.00
15GheorghePriala$560.00
16MatthieuLepine$520.00
17Si HongWang$520.00
18EricBergeron$480.00
19AlexChiasson$480.00
20MalikLefty$220.00
21LoicVirapin-Apou$220.00

3rd and 4th place

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 2M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 197


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    4th place: Yohann Wagner: $4,930

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    Manfred Gunther enjoys playing an aggressive style of poker when the chance presents itself, and tonight was a good opportunity for his preferred style of play. On the flop of Jack of Clubs King of Clubs 4 of Hearts was dealt, Manfred and Michael Gabrial had both hit a piece and got their chips in the middle.

    Manfred: 4 of Spades 5 of Spades
    Michael: Ace of Clubs 7 of Clubs

    Michael didn’t make his flush – but he did make a higher pair than Manfred, which was plenty.

    3rd place: Manfred Gunther – $4,873

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    Simonetti 5th and Goncalo 6th

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 985K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 197


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    Marcello Simonetti: 6 of Spades 6 of Diamonds

    Michael Gabrial: 8 of Spades 8 of Diamonds

    Board: 10 of Spades Queen of Diamonds 9 of Diamonds Jack of Clubs 9 of Spades

    5e place: Marcello Simonetti – $3,340

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    6th place: Miguel Goncalo – $4,611

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    The players have a deal

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 30K
  • Big Blind: 60K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 788K
  • Remaining: 7
  • Entries: 197


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    The players have decided to reserve $751 and the trophy for the champion and distribute the remaining prize pool via ICM chop. Here are the payouts that have been agreed to.

    • Marcello Simonetti: $3,340
    • Manfred Gunther: $4,873
    • Michael Gabrial: $4,063
    • Miguel Goncalo: $4,611
    • Presten Cloutier: $4,252
    • Chris Tatakis: $3,248
    • Yohann Wagner: $4,930

    Event 16: Leaders after 9 levels

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1.6K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 43.8K
  • Remaining: 90
  • Entries: 197


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    The players in the 8-Max have returned and during the break we were able to find out who’s taken the lead in the event. The green T25 chips have disappeared… and so have half of the players who started the tourney tonight!

    1. Leo Mantas Ragusa: 128,100
    2. Richard Johansen: 127,200
    3. Tom Danielidis: 111,200
    4. Joseph Abou Khalil: 108,100
    5. Glen Hammers: 96,100

    A break, a chip up , and a leaderboard… coming soon

  • Level: 8
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 10
  • Chip Average: 34.9K
  • Remaining: 113
  • Entries: 197


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    There’s a break coming during which tournament staff will remove the T25 chips from play and we’ll be able to put together an up-to-date leaderboard…

    Photos from levels 6 & 7

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 31.8K
  • Remaining: 124
  • Entries: 197


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    Photos taken during levels 6 & 7

    Event 16: NL Hold’em 8-Max

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    The Playground Poker Spring Classic has reached the second-to-last tournament of the festival: a $200 + $20 NL Hold’em 8-Max event! Players will start with 20,000 in chips and blinds will go up every 20 minutes. This is one of the most popular formats – so tonight’s tournament will most likely be packed!

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